Secondary Principal’s Report September 17, 2007

Secondary Enrollment th – 31 8 th – 24 9 th – th – th – th – 25 Total – th – 24 8 th – 19 9 th – th – th – th – 36 Total – 153

ACT Information Composite  State  22.1  Pender  22.3 Mathematics  State  21.8  Pender  21.9 English  State  21.6  Pender  21.6 Reading  State  22.4  Pender  22.6 Science  State  21.9  Pender  22.5

Foreign Exchange Student Came to Pender Monday, ( ) Female from Germany Sandra Droessigk Staying with the Potter family

Donations Two instruments have been donated to the band program  Trumpet  Mike and Glenda Gatzmeyer  Saxophone  Steve and Jeanne Hansen Band instrument donation drive Lied Center donations

Mathematics Portfolio Review Our STARS assessment process for mathematics will be reviewed November 1 We are working very hard to get ready for the review

Homecoming October 12 All events will take place on Friday night Coronation  halftime of the football game Dance  after the football game, approximately 9:30 to 12:00

Athletics Update Volleyball  Varsity  3-8  JV  1-2 Girls Golf  The girls are working hard at improving their skills.  2 invitational meets, 2 medals. Football  Varsity  3-0  JV  1-0 Cross Country  Times are getting better  Medalists in both of the first two invitational meets

Activities Update FFA Farm Safety Day – September 14  Students from our FFA along with students from Emerson teamed up to give elementary students a day full of learning  Elementary students from Pender, Wakefield, and Walthill attended  10 stations  Combine, Living Model Farm, Farm Chemical Equipment, Animals, Car Rollover, Chemical Look Alikes, ATV, Lawn Mowers, Safety Pictionary, Electricity  2 general sessions  Rescue, Large Equipment Demonstration

Planetarium Physics classes attended the Planetarium at Wayne State College Students learned about constellations and much more Helped give a better picture after a star gazing activity held earlier

Constitution Day Required by law to recognize this day at school September 17, 2007 is the national holiday “Constitution Day”. Today the nation honors the writing and adoption of the constitution by which each American has been given their rights and freedoms by the most democratic government in the world. On September 17, 1787, government officials met with one item on their agenda. That item was to sign the Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution, signed in Philadelphia, represents the greatest expression of statesmanship and compromise ever written. In just four hand-written pages, the Constitution gives us no less than the owners' manual to the greatest form of government the world has ever known. So, take time today to honor your country in the celebration of “Constitution Day”.